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Q139878: BUG:16-bit App’s Menu Destroyed Under Chinese NT 3.5

Article: Q139878
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.3,3.1,4.0; winnt:3.51
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kbOSWinNT351bug kbOSWin95bug kbIntlDevkbbuglist
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1 
- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), included with:
   - Microsoft Win32s version 1.3 
   - Microsoft Windows 95 
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 
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SYMPTOMS
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When a menu item of a 16-bit Windows-based application contains the character
0x80 and the application is running under Chinese Windows NT version 3.5, the
whole menu or part of the menu tree is destroyed.

CAUSE
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There is a bug in the Chinese Windows NT version 3.5 WOW layer that is causing
this problem.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 1.30 3.10 4.00 3.50 FESDK Traditional Chinese

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Keywords          : kbenv kbOSWinNT351bug kbOSWin95bug kbIntlDev kbbuglist
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbSDKSearch kbWin32sSearch kbWin32API kbWinSDKSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:1.3,3.1,4.0; winnt:3.51

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